how did the ottoman empire contribute to european exploration during the
15th and 16th centuries?
a. ottoman efforts to spread islam in europe led europeans to begin
searching for new lands in which to spread christianity.
) b. ottoman taxes and restrictions on trade in its territory encouraged
europeans to seek new trade routes to asia.
c. ottoman alliances with india and china frightened europeans and
motivated them to seek their own allies in the americas.
d. ottoman attacks on european territory convinced europeans that
they would be better off living on another continent.

"august 19th (1864)- how they quarreled and wrangled among themselves- alabama and mississippi, all were loud for joe johnston, save and except the long-haired, one-armed hero, who cried at the top of his voice: "oh! you all want to be kept in trenches and to go on retreating, eh? " "oh, if we had had a leader, such as stonewall (jackson), this war would have been over long ago! what we want is a leader! " shouted a (wounded man). they were awfully smashed-up, objects of misery, wounded, maimed, diseased. i was really upset, and came home ill. this kind of thing unnerves me quite." mary chestnut, a diary from dixie this entry from the diary of mary chestnut illustrates a) the lack of medical technology possessed by the confederacy. b) the military superiority of southern troops in the civil war. c) the effects of the emancipation proclamation on the southern economy and society. d) the loss of morale and confidence by the confederacy towards the end of the civil war.